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i'm steve handelsman, news 4. barbara and pat, back to you. >> if you suspect unauthorized activity, contact their customer service immediately. there's the number you should call or the place to go is on your screen right now. the number is 866-852-8680. be patient when you call. we are hearing reports the line has been busy all day. contact law enforcement about identity theft. we put this information on our website, www.nbcwashington.com. >>> we are following breaking news out of london. scott macfarlane is at the live desk with details. >>> police in london reporting a number of casualties where the roof collapsed. a live picture up on your screen now. dozens of police and rescuers are there on the scene. i'm waiting for updates about what they are seeing tennessee the site. people reported dead at the apollo theatre. we are going keep an eye on this and bring you the latest in a few moments. back to you. > >> thank you. >>> a driving instructor is accused of sexual charges. he made inappropriate comments and
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steve handelsman is on capitol hill with that part of the coverage. steve? >> reporter: thank you. the grieving here in washington echoes south africa. the memory of nelson mandela is burning brightly. south africans are beginning ten days of good-byes. americans feel the loss. >> ohio and here at this time is just overwhelming. >> reporter: at the south african embassy in washington, hundreds are coming to pay their respects. >> i'm not sure obama would be president without mandela. >> he's changed not only south africa, but the world. everybody united today. >> reporter: apartheid was his mission. he brought white jailers to his presidential inauguration in >> reporter: the white house announced president obama will go to south africa joining world leaders and south africans for the funeral of nelson mandela. there will be a major memorial remembrance service here in washington for this foreign leader held in such high esteem by so many americans. i'm steve handelsman, news 4. >>> you can offer your condolences to mandela's family at the national museum of african art. there's a
steve handelsman is on capitol hill with that part of the coverage. steve? >> reporter: thank you. the grieving here in washington echoes south africa. the memory of nelson mandela is burning brightly. south africans are beginning ten days of good-byes. americans feel the loss. >> ohio and here at this time is just overwhelming. >> reporter: at the south african embassy in washington, hundreds are coming to pay their respects. >> i'm not sure obama would be president...
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steve handelsman is live on capitol hill with a look at what they need to get done. steve? >> the main order of business for the senate is a vote on the house budget compromise. the bipartisan plan. startling, bipartisan. gridlock has been the pattern on capitol hill for so long, this bit of cooperation has some in both parties optimistic. a day before the key vote, the senate is poised to pass the bipartisan budget deal despite the objection of some republicans. >> we agreed not to spend over this level. this is our spending limit. >> reporter: but, senate republicans are eager not to be blamed for a second shutdown of government. >> four republicans sads they are for it. i'm sure the republican leadership, i would bet, is not going to risk another government shutdown. >> at least five republicans have to vote yes. john mccain says he will. >> i'll do anything, not anything, but we must not shut down the government again. >> reporter: it does not reverse the cut in food stamps. to mark warner of virginia, what matters more is getting on a path to a grand budget bargain. >>
steve handelsman is live on capitol hill with a look at what they need to get done. steve? >> the main order of business for the senate is a vote on the house budget compromise. the bipartisan plan. startling, bipartisan. gridlock has been the pattern on capitol hill for so long, this bit of cooperation has some in both parties optimistic. a day before the key vote, the senate is poised to pass the bipartisan budget deal despite the objection of some republicans. >> we agreed not to...
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steve handelsman is live on capitol hill with the story for us. >> thanks, jim. federal action, which means spending, which means this is part of the budget battle. and here on capitol hill tonight, both sides, there's good news. both sides saying that it looks like they're closer to a two-year budget agreement. but president obama today was looking a lot longer term than that, and frankly looking to change what has been the subject of washington. >> the president widened his focused from obama care to the economic class. >> if you work hard, you should make a decent living. >> fewer americans are. income disparities are getting worse. the average family made just 8% more than than they did in the late 1970s, while america's richest 1% get far richer, with 288 times what most families have already. >> that is a dangerous growing inequality. >> places like san francisco, d.c. and neighboring counties are raising the minimum wage. seattle to $15 an hour. president obama wants the federal minimum raised from 7:25. that's part of the budget battle that is heating bac
steve handelsman is live on capitol hill with the story for us. >> thanks, jim. federal action, which means spending, which means this is part of the budget battle. and here on capitol hill tonight, both sides, there's good news. both sides saying that it looks like they're closer to a two-year budget agreement. but president obama today was looking a lot longer term than that, and frankly looking to change what has been the subject of washington. >> the president widened his...
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i'm steve handelsman, news 4. >>> a long time d.c. pediatrician that pleaded guilty to child pornography charges. he admitted he downloaded and viewed graphic sexual images of young children in his office. he treated children more than 40 years. prosecutors say there is no evidence he abused any of his patients. >>> amanda knox is not attending her murder trial. she found a way to declare her innocence. in a rare move, she said she did not kilmer dith kircher. her defense attorneys read it today. knox wrote she was not in court in person because she was afraid of being wrongly convicted again. knox and her former boyfriend were convicted in the death in 2009. she spent four years behind bars. the case is being retried again after italy's supreme court found inconsistencies in the case. london says they will not reopen the investigation into the death of princess diana and her boyfriend. back in august, they agreed to look into claims that an elite british forces had a hand in the crash that killed diana. they were given access to mili
i'm steve handelsman, news 4. >>> a long time d.c. pediatrician that pleaded guilty to child pornography charges. he admitted he downloaded and viewed graphic sexual images of young children in his office. he treated children more than 40 years. prosecutors say there is no evidence he abused any of his patients. >>> amanda knox is not attending her murder trial. she found a way to declare her innocence. in a rare move, she said she did not kilmer dith kircher. her defense...
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steve handelsman is live on capitol hill with details of that. hi, steve. >> reporter: hi, barbara, good evening. coast-to-coast, they were not strikes or walk outs, but rallies and protests. but they did go coast-to-coast. fast food workers and their supporters demanded higher pay in washington, d.c. and in brooklyn. at dunkin' donuts in pittsburgh, at denver this morning. >> trying to make a livable wage. >> reporter: at mcdonald's in chicago. >> this christmas i haven't put up a christmas tree because i don't have money for it yet. >> reporter: a hike to move minimum wage from $7.25 an hour. >> i think you would see less workers in each of the restaurants. prices would have to go up and less jobs would be created. >> at the mcdonald's at the air and space museum, they make $8.25. this worker said she works at a mcdonald's nearby and supports two kids. everybody wants to be paid more. are you worth more? >> i am definitely worth more than minimum wage in d.c. i should never have to settle for $8.25 an hour. i settle because i need a job for my
steve handelsman is live on capitol hill with details of that. hi, steve. >> reporter: hi, barbara, good evening. coast-to-coast, they were not strikes or walk outs, but rallies and protests. but they did go coast-to-coast. fast food workers and their supporters demanded higher pay in washington, d.c. and in brooklyn. at dunkin' donuts in pittsburgh, at denver this morning. >> trying to make a livable wage. >> reporter: at mcdonald's in chicago. >> this christmas i...
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steve handelsman is live at the white house. >> reporter: thanks. out of intensive care. republicans don't believe it. asked, what else are they hiding? here at the white house was a defiant president obama. he said he's learned not to make what he called wild promises about obama care, but he checks every day. he knows the website and the plan, as a whole now, are working. >> we know the demand is there and we know that the product on these marketplaces is good. the bottom line is, this law is working and will work into the future. i have always said, i will work with anybody to implement and improve this law effectively. you got good ideas? bring them to me. let's go. but, we are not repealing it as long as i'm president. [ applause ] >> reporter: back to the website, one of the biggest known remaining problems is the back end of healthcare.gov. after you click and decide what you want, the part of the system that sends your order to the insurance companies, sends an 834 file. washington post and others reported as many as a third of those have been unable to be used by
steve handelsman is live at the white house. >> reporter: thanks. out of intensive care. republicans don't believe it. asked, what else are they hiding? here at the white house was a defiant president obama. he said he's learned not to make what he called wild promises about obama care, but he checks every day. he knows the website and the plan, as a whole now, are working. >> we know the demand is there and we know that the product on these marketplaces is good. the bottom line is,...
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larry. >> thanks very much, steve handelsman. we appreciate it. i'm going to say it again with all due respect to mr. president, growing income inequality is not the greatest challenge of our time. we need strong economic growth. that's the biggest challenge. i need a rising tide to lift all boats and help all-americans without these class warfare divisions. so let's talk. joining us now is former chief economist for vice president biden, jared bernstein. he's at the center of budget and policies. jim pazakukas is with the american institute and cnbc. jimmy p., what about income inequality. there's a lot of studies out there and they show in the last 20 or 30 years that hasn't happened. that's not true. it's a bogus issue. >> i don't want to have study versus counter study. income inequality, the top 90% and 10% have increased. a lot of disputes about how high inequality has gone. the president fears all of the statistics about income inequality. there is no evidence that, a, income inequality hurts income and, b, there's no evidence that income i
larry. >> thanks very much, steve handelsman. we appreciate it. i'm going to say it again with all due respect to mr. president, growing income inequality is not the greatest challenge of our time. we need strong economic growth. that's the biggest challenge. i need a rising tide to lift all boats and help all-americans without these class warfare divisions. so let's talk. joining us now is former chief economist for vice president biden, jared bernstein. he's at the center of budget and...
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steve handelsman is in washington, d.c. with the latest. >> reporter: u.s. officials right now are offering to help russian officials to avert attacks. today's bombing left the bus a skeleton and killed 14 people. the second suicide attack in two days. yesterday set a train station that killed 17 in a city that is gripped by fear. no one, said this man, feels safe. a suspect had posted a video saying he joined islamic radicals in dagestan. now the sochi olympics are five weeks away, 400 miles away. >> it's pretty bad. >> reporter: a right wing u.s. fanatic bombed the atlantic olympics in 1996. >> a successful terrorist attack on sochi itself during the games, that's the holy grail. >> reporter: russian officials say they are ready. vladimir putin rose to power fighting islamic terrorists. he sees sochi has his crowning achievement. >> this could wipe that out. >> this could wipe that out. >> reporter: putin is ordering tighter security all across russia. nbc bay area news. >>> our coverage of the terrorist attacks in russia continues on "nightly news" at 5:3
steve handelsman is in washington, d.c. with the latest. >> reporter: u.s. officials right now are offering to help russian officials to avert attacks. today's bombing left the bus a skeleton and killed 14 people. the second suicide attack in two days. yesterday set a train station that killed 17 in a city that is gripped by fear. no one, said this man, feels safe. a suspect had posted a video saying he joined islamic radicals in dagestan. now the sochi olympics are five weeks away, 400...
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i'm steve handelsman, nbc news, washington. >>> the faa today chose six sites to test commercial drones. california was not one of them. people in alaska, nevada, new york, north dakota, texas and virginia will soon see unmanned aircraft devices in the sky. congress ordered the faa to study the safety of commercial drones. the faa chose the locations based on geography, climate, use of airspace and safety. drones have mainly been used by the military up until now, but if the study goes well, we could see commercial drones in the sky by 2015. the devices can be used for everything from filming landscapes to helping farmers monitor fields for disease. >>> and a picturesque toll highway used by many tourists in mexico collapsed this weekend leaving a giant hole. the road connected ensenadas with tijuana. the landslide trapped a truck driver who was able to make it out unhurt. officials say it could take a year to repair the damage there. an earthquake hit that area earlier this month, but officials have not yet blamed that for the collapse at this point. >>> for the sixth year in a row, am
i'm steve handelsman, nbc news, washington. >>> the faa today chose six sites to test commercial drones. california was not one of them. people in alaska, nevada, new york, north dakota, texas and virginia will soon see unmanned aircraft devices in the sky. congress ordered the faa to study the safety of commercial drones. the faa chose the locations based on geography, climate, use of airspace and safety. drones have mainly been used by the military up until now, but if the study goes...
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back to you. >> yeah, steve handelsman, great reporting. we appreciate it very much. that's a tough christmas story. >>> now, folks, switching gears. was ben bernanke as dovish as you think he was yesterday? okay. i know stocks soared yesterday, but gold plunged today and it could be that bernanke launched a multiyear exit strategy tightening in motion. we're going to try to figure out what's going on with your money and the fed. that's next up on "kudlow." (vo) you are a business pro. seeker of the sublime. you can separate runway ridiculousness... from fashion that flies off the shelves. and you...rent from national. because only national lets you choose any car in the aisle... and go. you can even take a full-size or above, and still pay the mid-size price. (natalie) ooooh, i like your style. (vo) so do we, business pro. so do we. go national. go like a pro. [ laughter ] he loves me. he loves me not. he loves me. he loves me not. ♪ he loves me! that's right. [ mom ] warm and flaky in 15, everyone loves pillsbury grands! [ girl ] make dinner pop! everyone loves pi
back to you. >> yeah, steve handelsman, great reporting. we appreciate it very much. that's a tough christmas story. >>> now, folks, switching gears. was ben bernanke as dovish as you think he was yesterday? okay. i know stocks soared yesterday, but gold plunged today and it could be that bernanke launched a multiyear exit strategy tightening in motion. we're going to try to figure out what's going on with your money and the fed. that's next up on "kudlow." (vo) you are...
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reporting live from washington, i'm steve handelsman. back to you. >> thank you. our coverage continues this evening. shomari stone rushed to the south african embassy this afternoon and he joins us live from there. shoma shomari? >> reporter: good evening, we are on massachusetts avenue and drivers are coming by, honking their horns, some putting up their fist paying tribute to nelson mandela. there is a fence here. why? the embassy is under construction. you look behind me and you can see this ten foot statue paying tribute to nelson mandela. it was unveiled two months ago. his fist raised in a power salute. it's in northwest d.c. activists staged sit ins and protests and spurred the u.s. to pose sanctions. let's roll video of mr. mandela. he was africa's former president who helped break the country system of racial discrimination. he died this evening, age 95. south african president jacob zuma announced the death at a somber news conference. people are coming here to the south african embassy to pay tribute to mandela. we are going to hear from a 12-year-old
reporting live from washington, i'm steve handelsman. back to you. >> thank you. our coverage continues this evening. shomari stone rushed to the south african embassy this afternoon and he joins us live from there. shoma shomari? >> reporter: good evening, we are on massachusetts avenue and drivers are coming by, honking their horns, some putting up their fist paying tribute to nelson mandela. there is a fence here. why? the embassy is under construction. you look behind me and you...
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steve handelsman is live on capitol hill with the latest on that. the glitches were causing democrats to consider breaking ranks on the affordable care act. is everyone back in line now? >> reporter: i don't think they are. the glitches remain. glitch is the term the obama care people would love everybody to use. it kind of implies that these are small, fixable problems when, in fact, serious systemic problems remain. that 100,000 number, give or take 10% or 15% each way that signed up to the moment on the federal obama care exchange is more than doubled by the state exchanges. there's a relative handful of those compared to the states where you go on healthcare.gov. it doesn't reflect well on the federal system. there's also a concern, a big concern about the so-called back end of the website. all websites like this one have a front and back, take, forexample, amazon.com on this cyber monday. log on and click you want to buy something. that's the front end. the back end actually sends you what you have ordered. the problem, we are told, on the nd o
steve handelsman is live on capitol hill with the latest on that. the glitches were causing democrats to consider breaking ranks on the affordable care act. is everyone back in line now? >> reporter: i don't think they are. the glitches remain. glitch is the term the obama care people would love everybody to use. it kind of implies that these are small, fixable problems when, in fact, serious systemic problems remain. that 100,000 number, give or take 10% or 15% each way that signed up to...
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i'm steve handelsman news 4. >>> we are getting word reverend >>> brand-new reaction coming in from one of the most well known figures in capetown on the day of mandela's release from prison. pat lawson muse has it. >> jesse jackson just wrapped up a press conference. back in 1990 he was speaking at a church service outside capetown shortly before mandela was released. tonight, jackson is praising mandela's non-violence stance in fighting racism. >> and he is delighted in some sense. he said to me trs ago that he was captured. he would have rather been captured 27 years than have on his hands people from a hospital and school. he could not reconcile with his son shens. that was the soul of the man. >> a delegation from his rain bow push coalition. we just learned that in new york city tonight, the lights on the empire state building will shine in the colors of the south african flag in honor of nelson mandela. jim? doreen? >> thank you. >>> virginia tech has a >>> virginia state police launched a new app today aimed at smartphone users in the commonwealth. see something, say something.
i'm steve handelsman news 4. >>> we are getting word reverend >>> brand-new reaction coming in from one of the most well known figures in capetown on the day of mandela's release from prison. pat lawson muse has it. >> jesse jackson just wrapped up a press conference. back in 1990 he was speaking at a church service outside capetown shortly before mandela was released. tonight, jackson is praising mandela's non-violence stance in fighting racism. >> and he is...
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i'm steve handelsman, news 4. >>> six people have to find a new place to live in howard county. investigators are looking for the cause of this fire in a town home on blue point court in clarksville. the fire damaged the home next door. nobody was home at the time. it started about 11:00 this morning. >>> a man inside a gas station was robbed and killed overnight in forestville. police need your help. the 25-year-old was shot at the bp station on walter's station about 3:00 this morning. detectives think there were more than one suspect. jackson was standing inside the gas station when he was shot. investigators believe robbery was the motive. we also have new numbers about the murder rate in prince george's county. tracee wilkins joins us live from police headquarters in palmer park. >> reporter: every time there is a homicide in a community, folks who live there feel like the murder rate is up. here in prince george's county, we have a month left, but they are now on track to have fewer homicides than last year. the demolition of this abandoned house is part of prince george's
i'm steve handelsman, news 4. >>> six people have to find a new place to live in howard county. investigators are looking for the cause of this fire in a town home on blue point court in clarksville. the fire damaged the home next door. nobody was home at the time. it started about 11:00 this morning. >>> a man inside a gas station was robbed and killed overnight in forestville. police need your help. the 25-year-old was shot at the bp station on walter's station about 3:00...
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ahead on news 4 at 6:00, steve handelsman reports on how to be sure you are really covered once you enroll on healthcare.gov. at 7:00, new reaction to the president's push. >>> detroit will be allowed to shed billions of dollars of debt in the country's largest ever bankruptcy filing. a judge ruled that detroit met every test, including failing to pay debts and provide a minimum level of service to residents. retirees and pension funds are likely to bear the brunt of austerity measures. >> the council voted to appoint franklin. he's a democrat and serving his first term on the council. cam pose is the first to serve in a leadership position. >>> she's accused of taking advantage of an autistic student. it's turned into a worldwide search. >>> delays with the silver lines. now our reporter is digging deeper to learn what's really going on with the metro project that could impact thousands of leaders. >>> the queen of delray. a decade later, police don't know who murdered a ved real estate agent. her family is looking for clowe sure and speaking out to news 4. >> it's hanging out there. it w
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steve handelsman joins us with the details. >> reporter: the website's better but it doesn't mean it's good. the nbc news estimate is that 100,000 americans in november signed up for coverage using healthcare.gov. that's a much better number than in october. but it's way worse than what a dozen or so state exchanges have signed up. today administration sources said by 5:30 p.m. eastern time, the site had 750,000 visits. it slowed down at times. some people got "please wait" messages, so-called queuing going on but no crashes or freezes. but there's the back-end problem. like amazon.com. to work, it has to kick out a command for a lightbulb to be sent to you. that's the back end. healthcare.gov has a back end that sends an 834 file to insurance companies. no one will reveal how many or what percentage. but too many of those 834 files are bad. hard to decipher? impossible to use, some of them. so people who think they have coverage on january 1st in fact might not. >> if health plans don't receive complete and accurate enrollment files, then consumers may not be enrolled and therefore th
steve handelsman joins us with the details. >> reporter: the website's better but it doesn't mean it's good. the nbc news estimate is that 100,000 americans in november signed up for coverage using healthcare.gov. that's a much better number than in october. but it's way worse than what a dozen or so state exchanges have signed up. today administration sources said by 5:30 p.m. eastern time, the site had 750,000 visits. it slowed down at times. some people got "please wait"...